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posted by\u00a0SF LEAGUE OF PISSED OFF VOTERS<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0-3sc<\/em>
October 04, 2024 (theleaguesf.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You found it! The Pissed Off Voter Guide for San Francisco’s November 2024 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>November 5, 2024:
Let’s Do This!<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Federal Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President<\/a>: Kamala Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Senator: No Endorsement
<\/strong>US Representative, District 11<\/a>: No Endorsement
US Representative, District 15<\/a>: No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Senator<\/a>: No Endorsement
State Assemblymember, District 17<\/a>: No Endorsement
State Assemblymember, District 19<\/a>: No Endorsement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local Offices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SFUSD Board of Education<\/a>: Jaime Huling, <\/strong>Matt Alexander, Virginia Cheung<\/strong>
<\/strong>City College Board of Trustees<\/a>: Alan Wong<\/strong>
BART Board Director, District 7<\/a>: Victor Flores
BART Board Director, District 9<\/a>: Edward Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayor<\/a>: Aaron Peskin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supervisor, District 1<\/a>: Connie Chan
Supervisor, District 3<\/a>: #1 Sharon Lai, #2 Moe Jamil
Supervisor, District 5<\/a>: Dean Preston
Supervisor, District 7<\/a>: Myrna Melgar
Supervisor, District 9<\/a>: #1 Jackie Fielder, #2 Stephen Torres
Supervisor, District 11<\/a>: #1 Chyanne Chen, #2 Ernest “EJ” Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

City Attorney<\/a>: No Endorsement
District Attorney<\/a>: Ryan Khojasteh
Sheriff<\/a>: No Endorsement
Treasurer<\/a>: Jose Cisneros <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Propositions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prop 2<\/a>: $10B Education Facilities Bond: Yes
Prop 3<\/a>: Marriage Equality: Yes
Prop 4<\/a>: $10B Water Infrastructure and Parks Bond: Yes
Prop 5<\/a>: Lower Voting Threshold to 55% for Housing and Infrastructure Bonds: Yes
Prop 6<\/a>: Abolish Slavery in CA Prisons: Hell Yes!
Prop 32<\/a>: Raise the Minimum Wage: Hell Yes!
Prop 33<\/a>: Allow Local Governments to Expand Rent Control: Hell Yes!
Prop 34<\/a>: Grudge Measure against AIDS Healthcare Foundation: No
Prop 35<\/a>: Extend Funding for Medi-Cal: Yes
Prop 36<\/a>: Treat Misdemeanors as Felonies: Hell No!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

City Propositions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prop A<\/a>: $790M School Infrastructure Bond: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop B<\/a>: $390M Community Health Infrastructure and Parks Bond: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop C<\/a>: Create Inspector General to Combat Corruption: Hell Yes!<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop D<\/a>: Mayoral Power Grab to Gut City Oversight Commissions: Hell No!<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop E<\/a>: Democratically Streamline City Oversight Commissions: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop F<\/a>: Let Cops Collect Double Pay Before They Retire: No<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop G<\/a>: Fund Affordable Housing for Seniors and Families: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop H<\/a>: Earlier Retirement Payday for Firefighters: No<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop I<\/a>:  Retirement Buy-In for Per Diem Nurses and 911 Operators: Sure<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop J<\/a>: Protect Funding for Children, Youth and SFUSD: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop K<\/a>: Parkway at Upper Great Highway: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop L<\/a>: Rideshare Tax to Fund Muni: Yes<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop M<\/a>: Business Tax Reform: Strategic “No Endorsement”<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop N<\/a>: Empty Gesture for First Responders: No<\/strong>
<\/strong>Prop O<\/a>: Guarantee Reproductive Freedom in SF: Yes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to know why we recommend voting this way?
<\/strong>Keep reading<\/a> for our research and snarky analysis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for a voter guide outside of SF?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We focus on San Francisco, but if you are in the Bay Area we recommend voting with Bay Rising Action’s voter guide<\/a> for Oakland<\/strong>, Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma<\/strong> and beyond!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Voting Logistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Register to Vote<\/strong> at the Post Office or online at RegisterToVote.ca.gov<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong>The deadline to register is October 21st, but in SF you can register in person at City Hall up until Election Day. You can also register at any polling place on Election Day: just ask to cast a provisional ballot. Call 415-554-4375 for more info.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHEN?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 7th: <\/strong>Early voting starts at City Hall, weekdays 8am-5pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 26th: <\/strong>Weekend early voting starts at City Hall, Saturdays and Sundays 10am-4pm.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 5th: Election Day! Polls open 7am-8pm. If you\u2019re in line by 8pm you can vote. <\/strong>You can also drop your ballot off at any polling place on Election Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHERE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drop off your ballot early <\/strong>at one of the 37 official ballot drop boxes<\/a> across the City, from October 7th through 8pm on Election Day. On election day you can drop your ballot off at any polling place<\/a> by 8pm on November 5th.. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mail your ballot <\/strong>if you can’t drop it off. You don’t need a stamp, but make sure you sign the envelope and that it’s postmarked by November 5th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\u2019s your polling place? <\/strong>Check SF Elections’ Voting Lookup Tool<\/a>, call 311, or just go vote at City Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT ELSE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you forget to register? You can still vote!<\/strong> Go to City Hall or your polling place and tell them you want to “register conditionally and vote provisionally!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People with felony convictions can vote!<\/strong> You can vote even if you\u2019re on parole. Re-register at Restore Your Vote<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youth can (almost) vote!<\/strong> If you\u2019re 16 or 17, pre-register to vote<\/a> and your registration will automatically be activated when you turn 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Ranked Choice Voting Strategy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

RCV<\/strong> allows you to vote for multiple candidates: your 1st choice, 2nd, etc. Your vote initially goes to your first choice, but if that candidate ends up in last place, they go poof and your ballot is \u2018moved onto the pile\u2019 of your second choice. This keeps happening until one contender has enough votes to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RCV is intended to reduce polarization and increase voter choice\u2013and we can also use it strategically: to play defense. <\/strong>It sometimes makes sense to cast an RCV vote for a candidate you don\u2019t like in order to block a candidate you hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, entiiiiirely theoretically, say you don\u2019t love London Breed but detest Mark Farrell. You could vote for your favorites 1st and 2nd, then list Breed as a 3rd choice, leaving Farrell off your list entirely<\/strong>. This way, if it came down to a faceoff between Farrell and Breed, your vote would help keep him out of the mayor\u2019s office. Use ranked choice voting to vote your heart while making sure the worst candidate doesn\u2019t win. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like our voter guide?<\/strong>Share it<\/a> with your friends, and kick us down a couple of bucks<\/a> so we can keep printing the guide. For the price of a fully loaded baked potato, we can print and distribute 100 voter guides. Help us out!<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Dear San Francisco,<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What a time to be a pissed-off voter! Hometown girl Kamala has stepped into the spotlight, and while she\u2019s far from perfect, the momentum of her meme-fueled campaign is undeniable. And thank god, because we don\u2019t even want to think <\/em>about the alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let\u2019s take a tour through the rest of the ballot instead! It\u2019s festooned with ridiculous PR stunts, of course, and weighed down with wonky props, but we promise it also hides some gleaming opportunities to improve our City and all of California. Top of our list? Expanding rent control<\/a>, funding public schools<\/a>, and squashing City Hall corruption<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most importantly, we\u2019ve got the first competitive mayor\u2019s race since 2018, and this one is crucial<\/strong>! San Francisco has a notably \u2018strong mayor\u2019 form of government, and whoever gets the job is gonna exercise that power to the hilt. Three \u201cmoderate\u201d big-money candidates are barking hysterically about crime, hoping we won\u2019t notice that they want to turn SF over to developers, criminalize our houseless neighbors, and make our city unaffordable for regular people. That’s not moderate, it\u2019s right wing and regressive, and we\u2019re not going back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our guy Aaron Peskin<\/strong> has what it takes<\/a> to save the city we love. Plus, the Board of Supervisors is on the line, and we\u2019re fighting like hell to elect champions who share our values up and down the ballot. We\u2019re fired up, working hard, and thrumming with\u2026hope? After all these years? Wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The League<\/p>\n\n\n\n

^Back to Top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Headliners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President: Kamala Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know, sometimes there\u2019s nothing for it but to acknowledge that the extremely ambitious \u201ctop cop\u201d with the crappy record as a prosecutor and the awful rhetoric on immigration and the terrible policies on Israel and the sketchy relationships with big donors, crypto, and our very own City Family\u2014 is sometimes the candidate we want to win. If Angela Davis can bring herself to vote strategically for Kamala<\/a>, so can we all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope you know how much is at stake. Don\u2019t sit this one out<\/strong> – even in a safe blue state, if the shit hits the fan it\u2019ll take a high number of popular votes to convince Trump\u2019s backers that he lost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Mayor: Aaron Peskin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This one really matters, friends. San Francisco\u2019s Mayor wields an inordinate amount of power, and this year\u2019s race is wide open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s our current tl;dr as we\u2019re still figuring out this ranked-choice shit show:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n